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Football shaped circles??? American footballs..

Posted by Flyer 
Football shaped circles??? American footballs..
November 06, 2015 08:23AM
I'm getting tiny points on 2 opposing corners of my circles on my Folgertech Prusa v3. As the X axis movement transitions to the Y axis movement, it seems to make a slight pointed corner instead of a smooth transition and curve. Any thoughts? Belts seem tight, but I have no reference to determine if they are loose. Thoughts..
Re: Football shaped circles??? American footballs..
November 08, 2015 09:10AM
Usually, out of round circles can be a loose belt problem, but yours sounds like it might be a model problem.
Re: Football shaped circles??? American footballs..
November 10, 2015 08:45PM
I would start by measuring the "football". it can tell you a lot.

if the football has exact proportions, like 2:1 or 4:1 then you probably have a firmware issue (check your steps/mm), or you have a jumper under one of the stepper-drivers out of place, either never installed, or loose.

if you have a ratio like 2:3.23 or some other ugly ratio, then you probably have a hardware issue, stretched belts, or something like that.
Re: Football shaped circles??? American footballs..
November 11, 2015 04:50AM
i had a similar problem, with me it were the jumpers who were missing under a stepper driver.
Re: Football shaped circles??? American footballs.. Fixed
November 13, 2015 04:07PM
2 screws beneath print bed had loosened......circles work now, but thanks for the input..
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